A new species of Litopeltis Hebard, 1920 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) with a key to males and geographical distribution of the remaining species of the genus.

Silva Lde O, Lopes SM - Zookeys (2014)

Bottom Line:
This contribution describes a new species of Litopeltis from Brazil, L. teresopolitensis sp. n., which shows similarities with L. paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 and L. ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010.It differs in characters of morphology genitalia and configuration, with the median sclerite bearing microspines on the sclerotic apex.A map showing the geographic distribution of the Brazilian species and a key to males of the other species of the genus are also presented.

ABSTRACTThis contribution describes a new species of Litopeltis from Brazil, L. teresopolitensis sp. n., which shows similarities with L. paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 and L. ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010. It differs in characters of morphology genitalia and configuration, with the median sclerite bearing microspines on the sclerotic apex. A map showing the geographic distribution of the Brazilian species and a key to males of the other species of the genus are also presented.

Mentions:
This species appears to be to Litopeltis paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 (Figs 10–17), which it resembles in the median sclerite (Fig. 16) and the subgenital plate (Fig. 14); and to Litopeltis ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 (Figs 18–25), which has a similar right phallomere (Fig. 25).

Mentions:
This species appears to be to Litopeltis paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 (Figs 10–17), which it resembles in the median sclerite (Fig. 16) and the subgenital plate (Fig. 14); and to Litopeltis ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 (Figs 18–25), which has a similar right phallomere (Fig. 25).

Bottom Line:
This contribution describes a new species of Litopeltis from Brazil, L. teresopolitensis sp. n., which shows similarities with L. paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 and L. ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010.It differs in characters of morphology genitalia and configuration, with the median sclerite bearing microspines on the sclerotic apex.A map showing the geographic distribution of the Brazilian species and a key to males of the other species of the genus are also presented.

ABSTRACTThis contribution describes a new species of Litopeltis from Brazil, L. teresopolitensis sp. n., which shows similarities with L. paineirensis Lopes & Oliveira, 2010 and L. ribeiropretano Lopes & Oliveira, 2010. It differs in characters of morphology genitalia and configuration, with the median sclerite bearing microspines on the sclerotic apex. A map showing the geographic distribution of the Brazilian species and a key to males of the other species of the genus are also presented.